Gradisil is a multi-generational story of murder, betrayal and revenge.It is told through the eyes of three characters and against a backgroundwhere mankinds rush into space has faded away leaving individual pioneersto force their way independently into space after the collapse of the biggovernment space agencies. They ride up into space on the lines of electromagnetic force that flowerinto space from earth like the mighty Yggradisil - the earth tree of Norsemyth. Leaving their weight behind they still carry a cargo of enmities andhatreds. Roberts has a unique approach to SF and is one of the genre's premierstylists. This is one of his most original novels yet.